David Remnick on Barack Obama
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
by David Remnick
–Reviewed by Adam Fleisher
As David Remnick’s new biography of Barack Obama shows, the big question of the 2008 campaign – whether America was “ready” for a black president – was answered even before it was asked. While Remnick still focuses on the soul-searching of that year, it seems on the evidence that a good number of Americans, and especially the national media, were practically craving Obama.
Before zooming in on Obama’s political rise, Remnick starts with the familiar story of …
